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Obama spoke too soon

United States President Barack Obama said he regrets the language he used to comment on the issue of Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s arrest, the New York Times reported July 25. Gates, a professor at Harvard University of African-American descent, was arrested for disorderly conduct July 16 by police at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Compliance not opt-outable

Members of a dissenting Hutterite community in northern Alberta who object to having driver’s licence pictures taken on religious grounds have been overruled, CBC News reported July 24. The decision was reached after a four to three vote in the Supreme Court of Canada.

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All in the image

I received an e-mail from a friend the other day who offered me an interesting piece of advice. I had been telling her about a summer program in creative writing I’m participating in, and had expressed my anxiety about standing out in the crowd as the juvenile writer à la My Girl in a class of mature students.

Previously in Editorials

June 23, 2009

Firing intern hypocritical

Matt McCann, an intern at the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, was fired in May after writing a story about staff at the University of New Brunswick upset at giving Premier Shawn Graham an honourary degree, CBC News reported June 5.

June 23, 2009

Striking not the answer

At time of press, the City of Toronto was one day away from a possible strike that would see at least 24,000 indoor and outdoor city workers represented by two locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees walk off the job as of 12:01 a.m. yesterday. They include garbage collectors, daycare employees, paramedics and parks and recreation staff.

June 23, 2009

Summer school musings

Think back. Think way back to high school. It’s May, it’s 20 degrees outside and there isn’t a cloud in the sky. It’s a perfect day to relax outside and maybe attempt to get that elusive tan, right? There’s a catch, though: you have an essay due the next day.

May 26, 2009

Preserve art for art’s sake

The Toronto District School Board is storing a stash of valuable Canadian art in a secret vault, the Toronto Star reported May 15. The art collection, which includes works by Tom Thomson and Emily Carr, is estimated to be worth $7 million.

May 26, 2009

Admissions balance is better

U.S. student applications to Canadian universities are on the rise, the Globe and Mail reported May 18. In hard economic times, the lower cost of a Canadian education is luring more American students to schools north of the border